Cook Political Report Upgrades PA Senate Race
The Cook Political Report has joined the National Journal and the Washington Post in promoting Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race from likely Democrat to lean Democrat.
The Cook Political Report has joined the National Journal and the Washington Post in promoting Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race from likely Democrat to lean Democrat.
Mike Kelly has released his first TV ad, one aimed at small business owners like the Republican Congressman himself. As an owner of three car dealerships, Kelly’s spot drives home his stance on government regulation and restoring America to its glory days as an industrial powerhouse.
Airing in PA-12, the spot begins with tracker footage of Rothfus saying, “I believe in free trade. I think I see a country like Colombia, who has been making tremendous strides.”
The Raja campaign stayed on the attack this week with a new spot against Dem. Matt Smith, this time for taking a pension he said he wouldn’t. We also have a copy of Smith’s outsourcing-themed ad against Raja.
There were no props or pigs, no stunts Monday night. Rep. Lou Barletta prevented Democratic challenger Gene Stilp from scoring a game-changing moment in a the 11th district congressional debate.
The leaves are falling, temperature dropping and the tenor of campaign ads is getting far more foreboding. The latest from Republican Tom Smith is the most textbook negative ad yet against Sen. Bob Casey.
A Romney campaign source confirmed to PoliticsPA that their campaign is shifting staff, slightly, from Pennsylvania to Ohio for the coming days. The move is temporary and involved just 5 out of 64 Pa. staffers, the source says.
Sen. Bob Casey is just shy of a double digit lead over Republican Tom Smith according to a new survey by the the Siena College Research Institute. He leads his challenger 44 percent to 35; 16 percent of voters said they didn’t have an opinion or don’t know.
Pa. has far more undecided voters in the presidential race than most people thought, according to the latest poll from the Siena College Research Institute. President Obama leads Mitt Romney by 3 points with a whopping 17 percent of voters not aligned with either candidate.
New polls in the presidential race and the PA-12 race lead off the Buzz; 3 score of endorsements from the NRA; more Mumia in PA-8; and much, much more. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz.
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